Mae Azango Award Acceptance Speech
Mae Azango, LiberiaFrontPage Africa and New Narratives Acceptance SpeechCPJ International Press Freedom Award 2012November 20, 2012Waldorf-Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, New York City Ladies and Gentlemen This is my shortest speech ever, because I can talk non-stop for hours without knowing it, but I will try my best to keep it short and simple, (KISS) as…
Alan Rusbridger Award Acceptance Speech
Alan Rusbridger, U.KThe GuardianAcceptance SpeechCPJ Burton Benjamin Memorial Award 2012November 20, 2012Waldorf-Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, New York CityI feel rather unworthy to be on stage tonight – to be honoured on the same night as four extraordinary journalists who have risked literally everything – their freedom, their health and even their lives – in the…
Video: Free the Press
2012 CPJ International Press Freedom Awards (Courtesy of CNN) CPJ’s Free the Press video premiered at the 2012 International Press Freedom Awards ceremony. The video, which features the growing plight of imprisoned journalists worldwide, will become the centerpiece of the forthcoming Free the Press, a campaign dedicated to winning the release of imprisoned journalists. More…
Honoring tenacity and courage
New York, November 13, 2012– Four fearless journalists from Brazil, China, Kyrgyzstan and Liberia who risked their lives and liberty to expose wrongdoings will be awarded the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2012 International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition of courageous reporting. Harassed, tortured, threatened and imprisoned for their critical investigations, the awardees have endured…
CPJ Impact
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, September 2012 CPJ announces 2012 IPFA winners Four journalists who risked their lives to report the truth will be honored at CPJ’s 2012 International Press Freedom Awards ceremony. The award winners are Mauri König, a Brazilian investigative reporter; Mae Azango, a Liberian journalist; jailed Tibetan journalist Dhondup Wangchen; and…
CPJ Press Freedom Awards: Honoring tenacity and courage
New York, September 13, 2012–Four journalists who risked their lives and liberty to reveal abuses of power and human rights violations in Brazil, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Liberia will be honored with the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2012 International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition of courageous reporting. The awardees–Mauri König (Gazeta do Povo, Brazil), Mae…
Mauri König, Brazil
2012 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of CNN) To watch Mauri König’s acceptance speech, click here. Mauri König’s 22-year career as a journalist has led him to become one of Brazil’s premier investigative reporters. His extensive investigations, in which he has exposed human rights abuses and corruption, have brought him worldwide acclaim and numerous…
Dhondup Wangchen, China
2012 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of CNN) Dhondup Wangchen is a self-taught Tibetan documentary filmmaker who conceived and shot the film “Leaving Fear Behind“ to portray life in Tibet in advance of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Shortly after his footage was smuggled overseas, Wangchen disappeared into Chinese detention. His colleagues in Switzerland…
Mae Azango, Liberia
2012 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of CNN) To watch Mae Azango’s acceptance speech, click here. One of a small number of female reporters in her native Liberia, Mae Azango is also one of the most acclaimed journalists in the country. After her father was killed by rebels in 1990 during the country’s civil…
Alan Rusbridger, U.K.
2012 CPJ Burton Benjamin Memorial Awardee (Guardian News & Media Ltd/David Levene) Alan Rusbridger has been the editor of the Guardian since 1995, leading the U.K. newspaper into becoming a stalwart of watchdog reporting and independent journalism while pioneering and championing open journalism. Whether in courtrooms or on online platforms, Rusbridger has persevered in staunch…